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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chemical number for nickel?
(a) 28.
(b) 29.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

2. Traders of what trading company were busted by the FBI in 1981?
(a) Chemical Resources, Inc.
(b) Entergy Incorporated.
(c) Mineral Resources, Inc.
(d) Intertech Resources, Inc.

3. From what college had Marc Rich dropped out?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) New York University.

4. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?
(a) Rogues.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Anarchists.
(d) Terrorists.

5. The scam which drove the rumor in Chapter 2 was intended to raise the prices of what?
(a) Magnesium and silver.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Silver and gold.
(d) Gold and the U.S. dollar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?

2. The price of silver rose how many cents an ounce following the rumor in Chapter 2?

3. The author describes in Chapter 1 that metal trading was a shadowy world in which huge amounts of money were traded and, to play in that arena, one had to be "extremely smart, stupid or " what?

4. Where was Marc Rich exiled after his legal troubles in the United States?

5. With what were the traders who were busted by the FBI in 1981 charged?

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